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[WoZZeR]

Hello Chaps

Back after a long hiatus in France, just saying hello.

My Mum's old Celeron has been knocking out the odd FaH unit or 2 over the last year or so and SMP is back up on my Shuttle.

EDIT Any of these new fangled GFX cards work OK on PCiE x8?

 

[verbal]

Yeah x8 is fine. x4 will also not reduce ppd but anything less than 4 will cause a hefty points reduction.

Welcome back

 

[WoZZeR]

Cheers, I assume most new cards are happy on PCiE x8 then? Trying to search GFX Forum but can't find a definitive answer.

 

[rich99million]

Cheers, I assume most new cards are happy on PCiE x8 then? Trying to search GFX Forum but can't find a definitive answer.

Think it depends if it's a full length slot running at x8 speeds or if it's a shorter slot (in which case obviously the card won't physically fit)

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=38981

edit: Supposedly you can hack the end of a short connector away so you can stick a full sized card in there - sounds a bit iffy

 

[WoZZeR]

Hmm, none the wiser, must be getting thicker as well as older.....

My old cards are ATI 1950's, if they are full length then I should be OK?

I shall consult both my wallet and the PPD charts on other threads.

 

[rich99million]

Well my X1900 XT is a full length card and a PNY 8800 GT 256MB slotted straight in and is chucking out just over 5300PPD with the new core
Cost me £47 inc VAT as it was on This week only and free shipping for long-standing forums members, current this week only finishes 15th Oct so keep your eyes open after that

 

[WoZZeR]

That's very reasonable indeed, I get the newsletter everyweek so shall peruse this Friday.

 

[verbal]

You would get a hit in frames per second in games with a slot bandwidth below x8 but folding is less bandwidth intensive than most games.